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we have aaron david miller on satellite from washington, d.c. and we are talking about chuck hagel and the attacks against chuck hagel. there are two things here interesting. one is the new norm established, which is going after a nominee before they are a nominee, right? so the name gets floated in the case of susan rice. then you go after and they are in this weird position where they cannot defend themselves because they have not been nominated yet, but the other is ways in which the specific set of interests around the relationship to israel will try to push foreign policy in a certain way. and i think it is interesting they are going after hagel partly because of this moment on the floor in july of 2006. this was during israel and lebanon's war and this is chuck hagel pushing the u.s. to urge a cease-fire. take a look. >> how do we realistically believe that a continuation of this system attic destruction of an american friend, the country and the people of lebanon is going to enhance america's image and give us the trust and sustainability
we have aaron david miller on satellite from washington, d.c. and we are talking about chuck hagel and the attacks against chuck hagel. there are two things here interesting. one is the new norm established, which is going after a nominee before they are a nominee, right? so the name gets floated in the case of susan rice. then you go after and they are in this weird position where they cannot defend themselves because they have not been nominated yet, but the other is ways in which the...
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he's getting married in washington state today. it's the first day it's legal there. he sat down to talk with chris hayes to talk about it. their discussion, after this. [ male announcer ] citi turns 200 this year. in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. ♪ and the next great idea could be yours. have led to an increase intands clinical depression. drug and alcohol abuse is up. and those dealing with grief don't have access to the professional help they need. when you see these issues, do you want to walk away or step up? with a degree in the field of counseling or psychology from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to make a difference in the lives of others. let's get started at capella.edu >>> supreme court announced it will take the first serious look at marriage equa
he's getting married in washington state today. it's the first day it's legal there. he sat down to talk with chris hayes to talk about it. their discussion, after this. [ male announcer ] citi turns 200 this year. in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to...
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washington post again, this is another poll that was taken. it's a gallop poll and it shows that 58% of folks in the country, up from 44%. 58% support new gun measures. but when you ask them what kind of measures, the numbers begin to fall off the considerably. it's akin to asking folks about tax loopholes and they will say, yeah, close the loopholes and then we talk about specific ones and they say, we do not want to lose mortgage interest deduction. what do we do? >> it's, you cannot have your cake and eat it too. you know, that is kind of what the situation with guns that we are looking at, i think, you know, just to back up a little bit. in terms of the part you were talking about in terms of the government taking your guns. we need to remember that one of the biggest members of the nra are gun manufacturers, who benefits from the sales of guns? the gun manufacturers, the nra is a huge -- they are ones that are stoking the fear of guns being taken away. they get a dollar of a sale of a gun or a package of ammunition at many stores. so they
washington post again, this is another poll that was taken. it's a gallop poll and it shows that 58% of folks in the country, up from 44%. 58% support new gun measures. but when you ask them what kind of measures, the numbers begin to fall off the considerably. it's akin to asking folks about tax loopholes and they will say, yeah, close the loopholes and then we talk about specific ones and they say, we do not want to lose mortgage interest deduction. what do we do? >> it's, you cannot...
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it is a cliche to say the nra is one of the most powerful lobbies in washington. it is a powerful organization. the democratic party has retreated from gun control. it is not part of the agenda. it is crazy to look at the west wing. it is like every episode of the west wing is about gun control. it was a major issue in this country. one of the ways politics work is if the two parties don't a disagreement on something it is not an issue. we don't have an active debate on it no matter how many kids get killed in harlem. the other thing to throw the final thing in and i will shut up is the supreme court has massively changed the constitutional interpretation of what the second amendment does and the rights. the decision in 2008 said that you have an individual right to bear arms. it departed from the previous jurispruden jurisprudence. it has the clause about well regulated militia and you have a right to bear arms and struck down a decision in d.c. that has created a whole new landscape for the way we understand the constitution. >> it is relevant. people say don't
it is a cliche to say the nra is one of the most powerful lobbies in washington. it is a powerful organization. the democratic party has retreated from gun control. it is not part of the agenda. it is crazy to look at the west wing. it is like every episode of the west wing is about gun control. it was a major issue in this country. one of the ways politics work is if the two parties don't a disagreement on something it is not an issue. we don't have an active debate on it no matter how many...
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it's about dan's marriage in washington state. they are one of the couples getting married there. after voters extended marriage rights to same-sex couples by popular vote last month. we have david johnston, the author of "fine print." he's a pulitzer prize winning tax writer at new york times and now at the college of law. we have the president and ceo of the center of american progress who served in the obama and clinton administrations, policy director of hillary clinton's campaign. laura flanders, founder of grittv.com. the editor of salon.com and the woman who hired me two years ago. thanks, as always for that. >> of course. >> anyway, on friday afternoon, house speaker john boehner attempted to paint a picture of white house negotiations and how to avoid going over the fiscal curve. i have been saying fiscal slope. now on the show, i'll go with curve. >> this isn't a progress report because there's no progress to report. four days ago, we offered a serious proposal based on testimony from president clinton's former chief of staff. there's been no counter offer from the white
it's about dan's marriage in washington state. they are one of the couples getting married there. after voters extended marriage rights to same-sex couples by popular vote last month. we have david johnston, the author of "fine print." he's a pulitzer prize winning tax writer at new york times and now at the college of law. we have the president and ceo of the center of american progress who served in the obama and clinton administrations, policy director of hillary clinton's...
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they got these fancy operations outside washington, d.c. so what they have to do is come up with ever more extreme pieces of legislation to justify their own positions, right? they're no longer battling defensively gun control because there's not that much going on. this is the result of the nra needing to kind of make themselves relevant because they have to push the envelope more and more. >> i'm not a huge fan of the nra. and what this woman just said is sort of scary. but if you put yourself in the position of an unreasonable person, if you are in your home, i want the right to be able to protect my life and the life of my children. if that means blowing them away, you should have the right to do that. everyone is angry with the nra. we should see that there are organizations all over the country. these people are not elected by anyone to do what they do. they cannot force legislators to pass these laws. it's the legislators. >> lisa, will you respond to that? that's precisely what this law does. you have a right in every single state a
they got these fancy operations outside washington, d.c. so what they have to do is come up with ever more extreme pieces of legislation to justify their own positions, right? they're no longer battling defensively gun control because there's not that much going on. this is the result of the nra needing to kind of make themselves relevant because they have to push the envelope more and more. >> i'm not a huge fan of the nra. and what this woman just said is sort of scary. but if you put...
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it was something that people came to washington, d.c. to march about. there was a lot of discussion about it, as you go back and watch old issues of "the west wing," it's like every episode is about gun control. >> absolutely. and then it kind of fell off the map of politics. and i wonder what your understanding why that happened is. >> well, there's actually a couple myths throughout if you know what happened back then if you remember after the bill was pass, the democrats lost the election. what everybody kind of forgets is, also during that term, taxes were raised to get us into the economy. >> sure. right. >> to do what was right for the country. >> right. >> so it was very easy for certain groups to turn that debate around to be a myth. and that myth only grew. that's when you saw a lot members of congress saying i'm not touching this issue again. even the democratic party. started to believe this myth. and even our leadership, on the democratic side, walked away from the issue. >> and in 2000, obviously, al gore lost. and there were lots of people
it was something that people came to washington, d.c. to march about. there was a lot of discussion about it, as you go back and watch old issues of "the west wing," it's like every episode is about gun control. >> absolutely. and then it kind of fell off the map of politics. and i wonder what your understanding why that happened is. >> well, there's actually a couple myths throughout if you know what happened back then if you remember after the bill was pass, the...
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>>> there's a certain theory that i think popular in washington, d.c. foreign policy circles. i was never clear on whether it was roothood in reality. but basically the theory went like this. you know, dictators in the middle east and the arab world essentially use the palestinian conflict as this kind of proxy pressure release valve in which the anger at their own injustices and tyranny is focused on there. and now in the midst of the arab spring and in the midst of the great upheaval, that the sal yens of this as the central issue in the region has declined and everyone can muddle along, fighting their own battles, in the case of syria, where 40,000 civilians have been killed. do you think the salience has diminished? >> both are true at the same time. in other words this issue has been cynically exploited by virtually ever arab government. but that doesn't mean that it isn't the issue that arabs across the board. across generations, across jenders, religions, across geographic space, across class lines care about the most -- it's the prism of pain through which they view in
>>> there's a certain theory that i think popular in washington, d.c. foreign policy circles. i was never clear on whether it was roothood in reality. but basically the theory went like this. you know, dictators in the middle east and the arab world essentially use the palestinian conflict as this kind of proxy pressure release valve in which the anger at their own injustices and tyranny is focused on there. and now in the midst of the arab spring and in the midst of the great...
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it's about washington heights neighbor where he grew up. lynn and i would take the bus home every day from school, where we spent a lot of time bonding. and he has a new works there. it's at the lincoln center here in new york. in 2009, lynn premieres a song at the white house evening of poetry music. >> education, don't forget from where you came and the world will know your name, what is your name, man? alexander hamilton. his name is alexander hamilton, and there's a million things he has not done, but just you wait, just you wait -- >> that's him performing. it's awesome. i want you to give us -- you are writing a cycle of hip-hop songs about alexander hamilton. you say in the beginning of that clip when you are speaking at the white house and you are doing it because you think hamilton is somebody that embodies hip-hop? >> and by saying that, he is really the quote unquote american dream story. he is an immigrant, first of all, and he was orphaned by age 10. he is somebody that wrote himself out of his circumstances. he wrote a poem ab
it's about washington heights neighbor where he grew up. lynn and i would take the bus home every day from school, where we spent a lot of time bonding. and he has a new works there. it's at the lincoln center here in new york. in 2009, lynn premieres a song at the white house evening of poetry music. >> education, don't forget from where you came and the world will know your name, what is your name, man? alexander hamilton. his name is alexander hamilton, and there's a million things he...
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but the problem that romney has, he won washington with 38%. so -- you know, it -- then you go to michigan and but for the interesting tinkering of after the fact, very much like we saw in iowa, of -- with the delegates, that was a split decision. so that was a good example of romney winning the popular vote but the -- the delegates were awarded on a congressional district basis which meant that, you know, santorum won more congressional districts. the reality of it is that, you know, this process will lend itself to people sort of second-guessing it and looking at it but i think the congressman's point and point that was -- mr. weed's point when you get to the actual allegation of delegates which won't happen until you get to the convention you will get a better sense of where they are. you have caucuses that will be running and not have primaries until late spring, early summer. so this notion of who has the -- number, unless you have a runaway train in terms of someone taking all the numbers, this is going to stay close for quite some time.
but the problem that romney has, he won washington with 38%. so -- you know, it -- then you go to michigan and but for the interesting tinkering of after the fact, very much like we saw in iowa, of -- with the delegates, that was a split decision. so that was a good example of romney winning the popular vote but the -- the delegates were awarded on a congressional district basis which meant that, you know, santorum won more congressional districts. the reality of it is that, you know, this...
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lots of people in washington. who wants to cut your funding? >> the house of representatives have considered that for two straight years. cutting us. but we've made some progress but we're overseeing a market five times the size that we used to oversee in corn and wheat and oil and then we add the swaps market, the credit derivative swaps and so forth on top of it. we really need to have effective funding and cops on the beat. >> can you remind me, gary, is it still overseen by the agricultural committees in congress? >> yes, the house and senate agriculture committee but the appropriations deal with our funding. >> this is something that really strikes me and there was a comment that gary made earlier, we need to make sure this market works for farmers. we need to make it works for consumers of food. this is great for farmers, corn prices -- >> great for commodity farmers. >> great for huge, industrial,ingindustrial, ingagricu agricultural. >> the prices have gone through the roof. we want oversight of an agency to see low food prices as a goo
lots of people in washington. who wants to cut your funding? >> the house of representatives have considered that for two straight years. cutting us. but we've made some progress but we're overseeing a market five times the size that we used to oversee in corn and wheat and oil and then we add the swaps market, the credit derivative swaps and so forth on top of it. we really need to have effective funding and cops on the beat. >> can you remind me, gary, is it still overseen by the...
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that is the background condition of every beaurocracy in washington, d.c. it doesn't mean in all those cases that memo is correct. this this case, where there was a request, it was correct and there was a wrong judgment made. what happens in the wake is we see reporting asking for more money. all over the united states government is people are asking for more money. it's not leaping off the page for whoever is asking for the request. great to have you guys here this morning. appreciate it. >> a pleasure. >> obama doubles down on defense spending. it's up next. [ male announcer ] there are only so many foods that make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken, nothing brings you together like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. overmany discounts to thine customers! [old english accent] safe driver, multi-car, paid in full -- a most fulsome bounty indeed, lord jamie. thou cometh and we thy saveth! what are you doing? we doth offer so many discounts, we have some to spare
that is the background condition of every beaurocracy in washington, d.c. it doesn't mean in all those cases that memo is correct. this this case, where there was a request, it was correct and there was a wrong judgment made. what happens in the wake is we see reporting asking for more money. all over the united states government is people are asking for more money. it's not leaping off the page for whoever is asking for the request. great to have you guys here this morning. appreciate it....
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last week, there was an actual meeting of aipac in washington. the meeting drew influential leaders of the american jewish communi community, full majority of members of congress and political leaders from both the united states and israel, president obama spoke to the conference. >> whenever an effort is made to delegitimize the state of israel by administration -- my administration has opposed to them. so there should not be a shred of doubt by now. the chips are down, i have israel's back. >> i have israel's back. big takeaway line, binyamin netanyahu also spoke, discussing america's position on iran becoming a nuclear power. >> president obama has reiterated his commitment to prevent that from happening. he stated clearly that all options are on the table and that american policy is not -- israel -- israel has exactly the same policy. >> and then republican presidential candidate mitt romney weighed in as well. >> my view is we have to communicate that we stand with israel. there is not an inch of distance between the two of us if we don't in
last week, there was an actual meeting of aipac in washington. the meeting drew influential leaders of the american jewish communi community, full majority of members of congress and political leaders from both the united states and israel, president obama spoke to the conference. >> whenever an effort is made to delegitimize the state of israel by administration -- my administration has opposed to them. so there should not be a shred of doubt by now. the chips are down, i have israel's...
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my book is on sale now and last week, it was a real blast to meet uppers in washington, d.c. and chicago. thank you for coming out. next week, i'll be at an event in las vegas, wednesday in cambridge, mass. check out the website for details and information about appearances. we know rhode island's governor signed the first increase raising it to $7.75. the bad news is there is no state where a person making minimum wage can afford a two-bedroom unit working a 40-hour workweek. even while candidate obama promised to raise it, it's remained at $7.75, which is lower than what a minimum wage worker made in 1978. we know that the most they could accomplish at this global tipping point was a vegas promise to drop sustainable development goals. we know if we're going to get the future we want which is the title of this big document, we're going to have to demand a lot more action from our leaders. we know the other species endanger of extinction is democrat female governors. although there are four serving, they may have -- and north carolina governor purdue step down after 2012. on
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everyone understands. >> it is a says a lot about the washington bubble or i guess they are not in washington. they are in dallas. about this establishment bubble when it comes to planned parenthood that they really by all reports didn't think this was going to be that controversial and thought they were going to be able do this. and everybody would sort of sit back and i think it is because people convinced themselves because congress is always after planned parent hood and planned parent hood is some sort of seedy, disreputable institution. planned parenthood is -- the number of american women who go to planned parenthood at some point in their life is massive. one in five or something. >> maybe one in three. >> i think what accounted in some ways important the quick walk back 'twas yaz roots reaction. not just plan parenthood. this was an image that was on my face that -- being shared on facebook i thought was so -- on the -- on the money on this point. it was getting -- it is -- things that cannot scream for breast cancer. pink plastic cases, pink water bottles, pink spatulas, things that
everyone understands. >> it is a says a lot about the washington bubble or i guess they are not in washington. they are in dallas. about this establishment bubble when it comes to planned parenthood that they really by all reports didn't think this was going to be that controversial and thought they were going to be able do this. and everybody would sort of sit back and i think it is because people convinced themselves because congress is always after planned parent hood and planned...
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in you're in washington, you can attend an earth day concert on the national mall, featuring cheap trick. we have peter beinart, author of "the crisis of zionism." and author legala gentlemjabril. and çco-co-director of the nonprofit afghan women's mission. and contributor to the daily beast quorum. 2012 has been a public relations disaster for the american military in afghanistan. a video of u.s. soldiers urinating on afghan corpses and in february, the burning of korans by military personnel. and a few weeks later, more than half of americans surveyed still thought things were going fairly well in afghanistan. today only 38% of americans feel that way. the pew poll was conducted a month after staff sergeant robert bales was thought to have shot and killed 17 afghan civilians. and coordinated attacks on american and german embassies and the "l.a. times" published photos of u.s. militaries from 2010 posing with body parts of afghan fighters. >> that behavior that was depicted in those photos absolutely violates both our regulations and more importantly, our core values. this is war, an
in you're in washington, you can attend an earth day concert on the national mall, featuring cheap trick. we have peter beinart, author of "the crisis of zionism." and author legala gentlemjabril. and çco-co-director of the nonprofit afghan women's mission. and contributor to the daily beast quorum. 2012 has been a public relations disaster for the american military in afghanistan. a video of u.s. soldiers urinating on afghan corpses and in february, the burning of korans by...
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the government and the community in washington faced for at least a decade. the consensus voice as thunder in force. it's vital security interest to have an agreement between israel and the palestinians. but, it says, after a semicolon, we cannot want that more than the parties themselves. this is an ox y moron. we have to decide which part of that sentence is not true. where have we been kidding ourselves? is this a vital interest of the united states? in which case, we have to want it more and throw our weight behind it and tailor or policies behind it with less deference. >> what does that mean? in a con credit sense, what does it look like? >> not letting the israelis drag us into overreacting to palestinian diplomatic moves at the u.n. it means understanding that we have a choice here. the palestinians are facing a choice between the p.a. and the plo. their strategy of negotiations and diplomacy versus hamas' with arm struggle and confrontation. we, the israelis play a huge goal in how that goes. one of the reasons hamas is able to spin this into a huge
the government and the community in washington faced for at least a decade. the consensus voice as thunder in force. it's vital security interest to have an agreement between israel and the palestinians. but, it says, after a semicolon, we cannot want that more than the parties themselves. this is an ox y moron. we have to decide which part of that sentence is not true. where have we been kidding ourselves? is this a vital interest of the united states? in which case, we have to want it more...
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richard william son told the washington post that, quote, there he is a pretty compelling story that if you had a president romney you'd be in a different situation. which gets us to the central question at hand, what would the united states foreign policy look like under a romney administration? joining me now is eli lake, senior national security reporter for "newsweek" and ""the daily beast." eli, let's start with you. give me your sense of how president obama handled the past couple of days. >> well, when you have a statement from an embassy that's under attack, that's not necessarily the same as a statement from the white house that's been approved by the president. but in some ways it is very much part of a continuity of responses since what we call the 9/11 era from top republicans and democrats that have acknowledged in these tense moments, whether it's the khartoun crisis, my magazine had a crisis about korans being flushed down the toilet, it's been used as a pretexts for riots of enthusiasts of political islam. i think that there is a sense, and i don't know that this is a
richard william son told the washington post that, quote, there he is a pretty compelling story that if you had a president romney you'd be in a different situation. which gets us to the central question at hand, what would the united states foreign policy look like under a romney administration? joining me now is eli lake, senior national security reporter for "newsweek" and ""the daily beast." eli, let's start with you. give me your sense of how president obama...
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he's known for being this sort of golden wonkoid washington. he's not running on the ryan blueprint. >> that's it. >> running on the romney plan. so the numbers he knows about medicare privatization, social security, all of that, he can't go out there and campaign on those. >> and that was one of the really interesting setups. i kind of want to make a con temporaryian point about specifics because we've been saying on msnbc, specifics, specifics don't add up. i think the more important thing, specifics are less important than what is the constituency of the two political coalitions and what are their commitments. we remember barack obama ran an entire primary campaign against the individual mandate. he was not -- that was the signature policy difference between he and hillary clinton. they must have had 40 debates in which all they talked about the individual mandate. he got in and chose the individual mandate because that's what the world of center left wonk ri had established as the framework for health care. for me the reason the biden momen
he's known for being this sort of golden wonkoid washington. he's not running on the ryan blueprint. >> that's it. >> running on the romney plan. so the numbers he knows about medicare privatization, social security, all of that, he can't go out there and campaign on those. >> and that was one of the really interesting setups. i kind of want to make a con temporaryian point about specifics because we've been saying on msnbc, specifics, specifics don't add up. i think the more...
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senator to washington, d.c., william a. clark, one of the two copper kings, he advertised in his newspapers that heç would pay $10,000 cas money to any montana legislature who would send him to u.s. senator. remember, we didn't directly address those senators at that point. standing just off the lench slachive floor and in every one of those envelopes ten, $1,000 bills. he went off to washington, d.c., and those senators refused to see him. they said, my god, you can't advertise and you can't open daylight and you just can't give $10,000 to become a u.s. senator. now, they all bribed their way into the u.s. senate, but smaller sums of money and dark and giving it to their girlfriend instead. simon clemens said that william a. clark was the biggest scoundrel to ever serve the united states senate and he went on to say, that is saying something. william a. clark himself, he said, i never bought a man that wasn't for sale. so in 1912, finally, the citizens, not the legislature, they were all owned by the copper kings, the le
senator to washington, d.c., william a. clark, one of the two copper kings, he advertised in his newspapers that heç would pay $10,000 cas money to any montana legislature who would send him to u.s. senator. remember, we didn't directly address those senators at that point. standing just off the lench slachive floor and in every one of those envelopes ten, $1,000 bills. he went off to washington, d.c., and those senators refused to see him. they said, my god, you can't advertise and you can't...
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. >> i want to turn from the markets to washington, d.c. we have, well -- well, in oregon, we have democratic senator jeff merkley of oregon. in 2010, senator merkley introduced the oil independence for a stronger america act. welcome, senator. >> great to be with you. >> senator, first of all, i want you to explain to us why you aren't, quote, lying as the audience said to president barack obama, if you are coming before us today to tell us how you, as a politician, are going to lower the cost of gas. >> well, basically, we're taking a long-term strategy to end our dependence on foreign oil. we can do that the through a whole series of mechanisms that are readily available, reducing demand. in fact, we're already on that curve, as your guest already pointed out. but increasing the use of plug-in cars, hybrids, public transportation, switching some of our trucking routes to a natural gas, increasing the efficiency of regular conventional engines, increasing the efficiency of our freight transportation with automatic tire inflation and corre
. >> i want to turn from the markets to washington, d.c. we have, well -- well, in oregon, we have democratic senator jeff merkley of oregon. in 2010, senator merkley introduced the oil independence for a stronger america act. welcome, senator. >> great to be with you. >> senator, first of all, i want you to explain to us why you aren't, quote, lying as the audience said to president barack obama, if you are coming before us today to tell us how you, as a politician, are going...
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. >> even talking about discretionary spending, that's budget talk, that's washington talk. and the problem that obama is going to have, in stigmatizing the ryan budget and wringing it around mitt romney's neck is to take an abstraction and make it concrete. >> but that abstraction, getting rid of medicare, that's not an be a traction. >> they're not actually -- romney has kind of defended himself on medicare. not on medicaid, which the gutting of medicaid going to hurt a lot of seniors and who vote. and so obama can use that very profitably to explain to seniors that they're going to have to leave their nursing homes if the ryan budget passes and move in with their kids, that would be the effect of the ryan budget. but on medicare he's played a more skillful version of defense. because he, he recently endorsed this ron widen/ryan plan which gives people a choice, even future seniors to stay in medicare conventional medicare, if they want. so he's going to be able to say no, i'm not gutting medicare. if you want to stay in in medicare, you can. the problem is that people ass
. >> even talking about discretionary spending, that's budget talk, that's washington talk. and the problem that obama is going to have, in stigmatizing the ryan budget and wringing it around mitt romney's neck is to take an abstraction and make it concrete. >> but that abstraction, getting rid of medicare, that's not an be a traction. >> they're not actually -- romney has kind of defended himself on medicare. not on medicaid, which the gutting of medicaid going to hurt a lot...
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a voice of russia radio and contributor to "washington post" block she the people, natalie foster, co-founder of rebuild the dream and new media director of the democratic national committee, possibly our first ceo at the table and my colleague at the nation magazine and the associate editor of the wisconsin newspaper capital times and author of "uprising are, how wisconsin renewed the power of protest from madison to wall street" from john nichols. >>> mitt romney and the gop announced this week they had raised more money, a lot more, than president obama and the democrat t romney campaigned along with the romney victory fund, a joint account with the republican national committee, said combined they had raised $77 million in the month of may alone. the obamas and the democrats were beaten by nearly $17 million. taken from the results this week from wisconsin where republican governor scott walker survived a recall election partly by outspending his opponent seven to one. the fund-raising numbers offer democrats a glimpse of their nightmare scenario for the fall campaign. conservative billio
a voice of russia radio and contributor to "washington post" block she the people, natalie foster, co-founder of rebuild the dream and new media director of the democratic national committee, possibly our first ceo at the table and my colleague at the nation magazine and the associate editor of the wisconsin newspaper capital times and author of "uprising are, how wisconsin renewed the power of protest from madison to wall street" from john nichols. >>> mitt romney...
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he wasn't calling for an investigation. >> this is always the case in washington with los angeles, which is leaking is something terrible when your opponents do it or information you don't want out. and it is -- >> until it serves you. >> and this gets to a much deeper question, which is we have seen amazing reporting turned into a book, one thing pernicious happening in post-9/11 america, there is never an incentive in government to do anything but create a larger catchment area of secrecy. there is own downside risk. if you say we are going to stop calling these things classified, everyone who works in the classified system, this is from reporting, will tell you there's too much classification, things are overclassified, that is what moynihan's book was about. >> always the impulse in washington. >> and i think accelerated after 9/11. i don't see any way, this is a really deep question but what is the way, what incentives are there on the other side? >> let's look at what candidate barack obama was saying. he wanted to bring an era of transparency to the white house, let the american l
he wasn't calling for an investigation. >> this is always the case in washington with los angeles, which is leaking is something terrible when your opponents do it or information you don't want out. and it is -- >> until it serves you. >> and this gets to a much deeper question, which is we have seen amazing reporting turned into a book, one thing pernicious happening in post-9/11 america, there is never an incentive in government to do anything but create a larger catchment...
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i had a piece in "the washington post" today, very good paper, yes, almost as great as bloomberg view. great paper and -- you know, basically what happened in 1969 and 1970 leading up to the penn central transportation corporation bankruptcy then the largest bankruptcy of all time goldman took care of itself and got back $10 million of commercial paper it sold from the company and while its clients who also bought the painer from goldman sachs suffered during the braps. something going on a long time. no. this isn't goldman's dna. nothing particularly new going on in the last few years. >> what about the argument something has really changed since roughly, say, 1999? there has been an uptick in the degree of it which is what many people would say, it is much worse now even though it has never been perfect. >> i would say it is probably worse. when you have easy access to capital all sorts of mischief can take place that couldn't take place before when you had limits on capital. john white had the greatest -- partner of goldman sachs. for many years is 90 and doing well. used to say it
i had a piece in "the washington post" today, very good paper, yes, almost as great as bloomberg view. great paper and -- you know, basically what happened in 1969 and 1970 leading up to the penn central transportation corporation bankruptcy then the largest bankruptcy of all time goldman took care of itself and got back $10 million of commercial paper it sold from the company and while its clients who also bought the painer from goldman sachs suffered during the braps. something...
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. >> in washington where you have -- >> that's a good point. >> democrats, the whole simple son bowles thing. people on both sides of the aisle. walkingish. not walking. kind of like specific proposals about how we're going to reduce the -- all of this. the average voter. so within elite circles, big swath of the media i would say there was this glow that envelopes people that take on these things. i think the public does worry about the national debt and the deficit in the abstract but as soon as it starts coming to specifics and you start talking about what's really going to cut, it doesn't play very well. >> i think this is interesting in part because the republican strategy on medicare was a little more complicated than just vote for this. >> it was much more complicated. very tangled. >> what they were trying to do was split it where they were going to say if you're over 55 you're going to keep what you have now. in fact, we're going to spend $700 billion more on medicare over the next ten years. paul ryan instantly reversed the position that he had when he was in congress. it kep
. >> in washington where you have -- >> that's a good point. >> democrats, the whole simple son bowles thing. people on both sides of the aisle. walkingish. not walking. kind of like specific proposals about how we're going to reduce the -- all of this. the average voter. so within elite circles, big swath of the media i would say there was this glow that envelopes people that take on these things. i think the public does worry about the national debt and the deficit in the...